Author Talk Friday: HelenKay Dimon
Book Reviews
Author Promotion, AuthorTalk, helenkay-dimon, video
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There’s another AuthorTalk video up. HelenKay Dimon is the victim subject of the newest one.
Author Promotion
Highland Press Warnings
Publishing News
Author Issues, Author Promotion, author-romance-relationship
Highland Press authors have complained about lack of communication with its publisher, with all communication being diverted to a secret co-publisher, DeborahAnne MacGillvray. Ms. MacGillivray is an author published by Highland Press (among other presses including Dorchester and Kensington) and… more
Sunday Night Open Thread for Authors
Misc
Author Promotion, Open Thread, promotions
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What’s this you say? I read quite a few blogs outside the romance blogosphere and many of the big ones have a daily open thread where the commenters drive the bus. I thought we would test out an open thread… more
Time for Romance to Test the Free Ebook Giveaway
Ebooks/ Letters of Opinion
Author Promotion, free-book, giveaway, promotions
52 Comments
Free ebooks are all the rage these days. Oprah gave away over a million copies of Suze Orman’s, Women & Money: Owning the Power to Control Your Destiny and became the #2 bestseller in the nonfiction/general category. Other publishers are… more
Dear Authors: Can We Put Some Mystery Back Into Our...
Letters of Opinion
Author Promotion, Author Reader Relationship, Erotic-Romance
188 Comments
This past week saw another fun dust-up involving Phase authors. Apparently, there are a certain contingent of Phase authors and other self designated erotic romance authors who share a good deal of their personal lives online, using their literary pen… more
The Importance of Easy Access Websites for Authors
Letters of Opinion
Author Promotion, websites
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I know that the change in look and feel here at Dear Author is the subject of some controversy. I can promise we will be addressing quite a few of the complaints (font size, glaring red color, lack of elegance),… more
Long Pen: Phoning it In, Literally
Publishing News
Author Promotion, publicity
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The New York Times has an article about Conrad Black’s successful videoconferenced bookstore signing. Mr. Black is bound, by law because of his conviction on charges of fraud and obstruction of justice, to Chicago and Palm Beach. (As an aside,… more
Marketing Dos and Don’ts: A Reader’s Point of View
Letters of Opinion
Author Promotion, Author Reader Relationship, marketing
45 Comments
Alison Kent asked last week what Wendy, Superlibrarian thought was good promotion. Promotion is largely in the hands of authors, particularly new authors. I won’t begin to speculate on why publishers don’t spend more money on promotion. I have to… more